Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-30

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nourtsh eur hearts With wtnes
Wine 81 Thy waFk.
ID. N. Hssdsysoa u IHdpsHaesf.
Few Wa sad Appefiss nay BE In
spared ~ ahaksperean
manner Cards,
fMrs. Sherwood 10 Mes York World.
IA d the complaint Of thsss spoiled |
ehlidrsn Of luxury that sooisfy y dnil,
fkna dfnaefs dfae, and that ladissP |
innnhsa are mere hot BEDS Of scandal; |
rod. lndssa, while the fepsft gses
aF,rr,ad tkaf 4 pFominent entertainer 10
~ - gaed for detAmafion Of ehsFAotsf.
from fhe unfaV0fable remafka made By
- q her eva hoase Of rival belle,
tha hing grows esFtsu4. How
nen we make soais1y more amnsina and
leeg dnnearuua7 Nov. Why would %
40 - 4 good plan 20 taks { hint ffons
oar sister city of Philadslphia Of shaks-
neraan dinner cards Tney always
rsfas laugh, and send OF the talk IN
any ether direction than scandal.
Horace Fugness, the fameas Shaks-
uearean nchslar, started TIE idea, and u
va followed 80 b. sneh men Of soelsfy
ard oenins as fairnaa Rogers aud DE-.
Weir Mitchell. A play OF Shakespeare
wns taken. Romeo and Juliet for In
gtance. a. the we'll from Which the va
tara Of ou0tation we're - b drawn, and
de aptnsss, the ingenuity and the taste
DISPLAYED on these occasions we're well
woFfh copying. On the card waa en-
0raved, near The champagne. Enter
Proth.1 10 the MadsiR4 What Il
Thine Aaef" iron Il N aud Ja-
Itet''1. In che lobster SAID "Wbe
hath created this indiaestlY The IA
miilaK lines from Hamlet, -, clio and
Macbeth applied 70 dinner berhs and
haksd meats will readily occur 10 one.
Than might b. for tue roast turkey,
WHY, hsFa comes. sweihnR like tnF-
kay oook;" fer tbs grouse, "Here eones
a fowi without q feather" for she Yafk
hams, ss3weet atstn fFsm Yofk'a great
stock y aBd a. for the tonRne. what bet
Ter than Silence IL only commeadabie
IN q neal's toucue dried" Antony
nnd CieopatFa" Give us an ailnsion TO
May0nnaisa. Epienfean eo0ks sharp
en- With elayless saucs bis Apostle" aud
for bfaiEsd lamb aud beef We have,
from the "laming Of The ehFsw,"
what say yea 70 pisce Of lamb aud
mustard. : dish that do love 10 feed
upon" etc.
How admirable q world should "
life in " sumptnsFy Ia > coala Ne en-.
forced, II dinners could never be too
long OF too atranz. n high headdfeases
could be abolished at she theateF, II the
happy medium between no bonnsts and
we'll dressed heads eanid be struck, II
trains could be shortened ~ crowded rs-
esptiona. II oas's hospitsble hostess
would not tempt Que 20 eat too much 81
q midday lnack, 90 that one comes
home with . headachel II furnacs-
heated houses esuld NOS be - tntolefa
bly, hoa and II opera couliases would not
be 90 avfally dfsffy, u 10 had g social
emperor OF empress ~ govern eur social
health, and N we also bad Que TO silence
scandal, how much improved would to
oar social pleasafesi What monstFoas
wrongs are esmmiitod by this handing
q Htoty aboui, the whispered inaendo,
The story imperfeelly told, the caeeieas
ieet distorted, ,he wieted fabrication; 70
Ii ogten false, or even more dangerous,
II perhaps IL be half true. Would that
We eoaid iuvoks a social censorship 10
correct the vice Of society.
Dinners IN New Yark, In London, Ia
Washington. IN Philadelphia, In per.
haps all large cities, ara conducted on
debt-paying PRINCIPLES, and therefore
they gF0S very dull. Not thaa people
desire indeoorous pleasure. bat they
Get bored 10 death by gilde1 and evsr.
baFdened sPlendor. Alm0at all hard
working men In AmefieA are dyspepsie
and only ieok at their handa darin9 the
thfee on four last courses. Two people
are brought to9ethet. perhaps, vho
have never met before, They have
positively NJ aahjact Ia common. To
relieve this awkward noment. 20 raise
the dull, depressing alond which settles
over she add senses, What better than
IA Ingenious dinaer card, With q quota.
tton from Shakespeare Or . few lines Of
original poetryG Here Al least 10 an
opening wedge, ltxt. q beginning,
subject % eo@msn interest Il Il worth
q world 30 an anxlsua hostess. To eAe
Der saests thus amased. introduced and
put ~ their eass 81 oncs 10 worth mech
money.
Bat Ne musi. before we get the peE
feet dinner. give up this idea that din
neea are given 10 pay social debts aiona.
DiuasF cards might be made gently
historical loot toe learned, that wsaid
be Rapidl. bat they mipht give the b.
aena 81 the days Lady Day, Michael-
mas. All Saints Day, St. SSitein's, or
va sight allude 10 the ealandAg OF tie
dead kinRs and queens. o. celebrities. OF
Ind IN Somebody's memoirs that on
such day somebody said saeh a coed
thing" or 3nd thAt Il is the birthday of
. musical eompositioa which has de-
lighted theoaAnds, like the I" kaFhar~ or
LsactA, or tell eur next neiRhhor WhAt
the crazy King Of BahRmis did for
TRISTAN and IsoldAL" n sad their
vhsle story painted on the - u bis
beautiful csazy ceantFy heass a. Nsasoh-
waus1etn. the mast ruEaHae Of tie
Kings felliea All these pisssans-nat
too heAvy-facta. n wrstlSn en- ese'a
dinneF card, miret anlaak the frcEen
gates Of Mrs MsjaEisAnks' eonvsrsstion
and she woald naf hsV 8 listen 10 "a
discuss the Latest revelzt,ooa Of the iat
80 divorce case. We do nos Wish 10
tuFn dinner cards into social ''notes and
queries" bat ue mtght ass tkem iadi-
eioasiy 10 Danish daliness.